Transformation of animal agriculture should be evidence-driven and respectful of livestock's benefits and contextual aspects

Affiliations

• ¹ Industrial Microbiology and Food Biotechnology (IMDO), Faculty of Sciences and Bioengineering Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium. Electronic address: Frederic.Leroy@vub.be.
• ² UMR CNRS 6240 LISA, Università di Corsica Pasquale Paoli, France.
• ³ Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN), Washington, DC, USA; Institute for Social, Behavioral and Economic Research, University of California, Santa Barbara, California, USA.
• ⁴ Natural Resources Institute, University of Greenwich, Kent, UK; International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Nairobi, Kenya.
• ⁵ Pastoral Livestock Production Lab, Lincoln University, Lincoln, Christchurch, New Zealand; Centre of Excellence for Designing Future Productive Landscapes, Lincoln University, Lincoln, Christchurch, New Zealand.
• ⁶ Global Change and Conservation Lab, Organismal and Evolutionary Biology Research Programme, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science (HELSUS), Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; Basque Centre For Climate Change (BC3), Edificio Sede, Campus EHU, Leioa, Spain; Ikerbasque - Basque Foundation for Science, Bilbao, Spain.
• ⁷ Department of Animal Science, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA.
• ⁸ Center for Human Nutrition Studies, Department of Nutrition, Dietetics, and Food Sciences, Utah State University, Logan, UT, USA.